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-W. H. P'AINE. MAGHINE FOR PRINTING- OIL GLOTH IN COLORS.

No. 417,199. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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W. H. PAINE. MAUHINE FOR PRINTING OIL CLOTH IN COLORS. I I No. 417,199. I Pagented Dec. 10, 1889:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM I'IENERY PAINE, OF SKOIVHEGAN, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE IIAIiF TO GEORGE GUSI-IING, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR PRINTING OIL-CLOTH IN COLORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,199, dated December 10, 1889.

Application tiled June 27, 1889- Serial No. 315,749. (No model.)

To all 2071/0112. it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM HENERY PAINE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Skowhegan, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Printing Oil-Cloth and other Fabrics in Colors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- 1o scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked I 5 thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for stamping or printing oil or floor cloth and other analogous goods in colors.

The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus or machine which,being driven by power, will take the fabric to be printed upon and convey it beneath the printing or stamping rollers, the fabric being carried by an endless revoluble table mounted upon rollers; and my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is aside view, the major part thereof being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4:

is a longitudinal section of one of the printing-rollers. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the printing-rollers, showing the means for operating the same and conveying the ink or paint from the wells to the surface of the rollers. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the slats forming the endless table.

A refers to the frame of the apparatus,

which is mounted upon rollers o a, said frame consisting of vertical standards and horizontal beams, which serve as a support for the transverse shaft of the apparatus, the trans- .verse beams also supporting a table A.

I Above the table are secured guides or tracks B, the ends of which are curved downwardly,

as shown at -l. Above these tracks is secured an endless belt (1,.made up of a series of rollers and hinges of proper construction having pins which pass through the hinged plates for holding the rollers together. Two of these endless belts of rollers are employed, each endless belt passing over tracks supported upon the longitudinal beams 11.

At each end of the frame-work of the machine and upon the central longitudinal beams thereof are journaled shafts, which carry octagonal pulleys D D, the shaft D having journaled thereon a tapering pulley D over which a belt is passed, said beltpassing over a tapered pulley E, journaled upon a shaft near the center of the frame-work. This shaft also carries a loose pulley and a pulley for applying power thereto.

F refers to an endless belt made up of a'se- 7o ries of transverse slats suitably hinged together, these slats being placed .over the octagonal pulleys D D and moved in the direc tion indicated by the arrow when the pulleys are rotated. These transverse slats F are provided on their upper surfaces with projecting pinsff, and also with grooves or recessesf, within which will lie, so as to move partly therein, the lower portions of the cogwheels attached to the printing-rollers. The under sides of these slats F at their central portions are also provided with pins fiwhich enter a groove formed in the guide-plate g, attached beneath the upper portion of the slatted endless belt, so that the pins f will enter the grooved guide and hold the belt F from lateral movement, this lateral movement also to a certain extent being prevented by the cog-wheels of the printing-rolls entering the grooves or recesses f.

Upon the upper side pieces of the frame A, at one end of the machine, is mounted a smoothing-roller lI, journaled upon crosspiece 76, one end of which is pivotally attached to a short upright, while the other end is adjustablysecured in a slotted upright, thereby providing means for adjusting vertically the smoothing-roller, so that its distance above the endless belt F can be varied according to the thickness of the fabric. This presser Ice roller or cylinder II is preferably covered with felt or other suitable analogous material which will not be injured by the projecting pins or brads in the upper faces of the slats, which enter the fabric and hold the same socurely thereon. So as to project in front of this smoothing and pressing roller H are two projecting pieces, to which are secured a trans verse bar I, said bar having an opening through which the fabric is passed from the roll containing the unprinted material.

To the rear of the smoothing-roller II, upon the upper side frames of the apparatus, are mounted three printing-rollers K, K, and K which are journaled upon suitable shafts, and they are geared to each other by any suitable mechanism, so as to rotate in unison. The mechanism for gearing these shafts together may be either a series of cog-wheels mounted in a suitable frame or belt-s mounted on pulleys attached to the extended ends of the shafts supporting said rollers. The roller shown in Fig. ahas its inner face adjacent to each end tapered to receive disks having beveled edges, said disks being connected to each other by rods 7a, which are screw-threaded at their ends and provided with nuts for drawing the disks 70' toward each other to hold them securely to the rollers. The printing-rollers are provided on their outer surfaces with ordinary stereotype or electrotype plates, such as have been previously employed in the manufacture of oil-cloth for printing and impressingthe lines upon the surface thereof. One of the disks 7t" is provided with a hub and means for securing the same rigidly to the shaft. The cog-wheels L are also keyed or otherwise secured to the shafts of the printing-rollers, while the cogwheels L may be loosely mounted thereon, and are provided with segmental slots I, through which passes a boltZ, which connects the end of an arm L with this slot, said arm being keyed or attached to the shaft of the printing-roller. By means of this construction the printing-rolls can be adjusted to register with each other. The shafts of the printing-rolls near their ends are journaled upon a movable bar M, pivoted at one end to the standard 9%. A standard at, having a vertical slot through which passes a bolt connected to the bar M, provides a means for adjusting vertically the printing-rolls. The bar M also carries a vertical standard 11 and a pivoted bar N, within which are journaled shafts, serving as supports for the rollers which move in the ink or paint wells, the wells being suspended beneath the bars M. The shafts upon which are mounted the ink or paint wells are provided with gear-wheels, which mesh with gear-wheels mounted on the shafts of the feed-rollers P, these feed-rollers taking the paint from the paint-rollers and supplying it to the surface of the printingrolls.

The bar N, which is pivotally attached to the bar M, is connected by a flexible connection, as a spiral spring, to the rigid standard 27, said spring serving to hold the feed-rollers against the printing-rolls to properly feed the paint thereto, and also provides a means for throwing the gear-wheels of the feed-rollers out of mesh with the cog-wheels of the printing-rolls, so that said feed-rollers can be turned by hand to properly mix the paint preparatory to starting the machine, and as the ink and feeding rollers are journaled at different distances from the pivotal point of the bar N by moving said bar greater or less pressure of the feed-roller upon the inkingroller can be attained, as may be desired.

Inpractice different-colored inks are placed in the ink-wells, so that the printing-rollers will give different impressions in different colors. At the terminal portion of the series of printing-rolls I place what I consider one of the essential features of my invention viz., a mashing-roller Q. This roller is journaled in an adjustable frame of substantially the same construction as that in which the smoothing-roller H is mounted. This roller is intended to smooth the paint or inkafter it has been applied to the oil-cloth. This roller can be either made of metal or othersuitable material, and may be provided with means for wiping the same.

The feed-rollers P may be mounted in the bars N upon journals carried by screw-threaded rods, so that the bearings of said rollers can be adjusted to and from the ink-wells, and the slotted bar I may also carry an adjustable piece or follower, which can be moved by turning suitable setscrews to enlarge or diminish said slot.

I have stated that the printing-rollers K, K, and K can be suitably geared to each other; but in practice I prefer to provide the grooves f, adjacent to the ends of the transverse boards of the endless belt F, with either pro jecting pins or casting secured within said grooves to form rack-teeth, Fig. 6, with which the cog-wheels L- and L will engage, such construction being illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The slats which make up the endless belt are hinged to each other, and the leaves of said hinges are slotted, so that when the hinges are properly adjusted they will provide close-fitting joints between the slats when the ends are placed next to each other, thus providing a smooth surface I upon which the fabric rests while being printed.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to use a series of printingrolls, feeding-rollers, and ink or paint wells for applying different colors to textile fabric.

In printing oil-cloth with my improved apparatus there may be lefta selvage upon each side of the fabric, and when such selvage is left unprinted it is through this part of the fabric that the pins or brads in the endless revolving table F pass.

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llavingthus described myinvent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv I. In a device for printing textile fabric,

as oil-clotl1,tl1e combination of two or more printing-rolls and a revolving table made up of slats hinged to each other, said revolving table having pins for engaging with the fabric to be printed upon, whereby the fabric is car- 1o ried beneath the printing-rolls and said printing-rolls rotated by the movement of the table, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for printing textile fabric I 5 in the manufacture of oil-cloth, a frame carrying recessed guideways B, endless belts made up of rollers supported by said guideways, and a revolving table made up of a series of slats which are hinged to each other, said ta- 2o ble being supported by the endless chains of rollers, said table having pins and recesses f, into which pass the gear-wheels attached to the printing-rolls, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a machine forprinting textile fabrics, of a movable table made up of a series of transverse slats hinged to each other, said slats being provided adjacent to their ends with rack-bars, and a series of 0 printing-rolls having gear-wheels adapted to engage with said rack-bars, so as to be rotated in unison therefrom, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

at. The combination,in a machine for feed- 5 ing and printing fabric, of an endlessbelt F,

made up of a series of slats, said slats carrying near their ends rack-bars, and printingrolls mounted in frames above said slats, said printing-rolls being provided with driving- 0 wheels L and L, one of said driving-wheels having a segmental slot Z and an arm L attached to the shaft of the printing-roll and provided with a bolt for connecting the same with a gear-wheel Z, thus providing a means 4 5 for adjusting the printing-rolls, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, in a printing-machine, of a printing-roll revoluble, as described, a frame for said roll having adjusting means for raising and lowering the same,a bar N, pivoted to said frame, an ink and feed roll supported thereby, a spring for holding the end roll in contact with the printing-roll, and an endless table of slats for moving the material and actuating the several rolls, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a machine for printing textile fabric, of the expansible printingrolls K, the inner surfaces of the ends thereof being beveled, disks adapted to engage with said beveled ends, rods for drawing said disks toward each other, one of the disks being provided with means for attaching the same rigidly to the shaft of the printing-roll,

and driving-wheels L and L, mounted on the n ends of the shaft, one of said wheels being rigidly keyed directly to the shaft, while the other is slotted and engages with an arm L which is capable of being rigidly connected to the shaft, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, in a machine for printin g textile fabric, of a revolving table F, made up of a series of slats, the inner faces of said slats being provided with pins f which engage with a grooved guideway g, attached beneath the endless belt of slats, and printing-rollers having cog-wheels which engage with rack-bars attached to the outer faces of the slats which make up said endless belt, and means, substantially as shown, for rotating the endless belt, for the purpose .set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I-IENERY PAINE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE CUSHING, Gno. N. PAGE. 

